Bellona stalked the battlefield with her bloody whip as Discordia strode ahead in torn robes, the two goddesses driving the carnage together in the war between Actium's fleets depicted on the Shield of Aeneas.
Bellona rode at Mars's side as his companion and charioteer, the two war deities inseparable in battle, together whipping armies into frenzy and staining the field with blood.
⚠ Ancient sources disagree on Bellona's familial relation to Mars — Servius calls her his wife, while other traditions make her his sister or daughter.
The Greeks worshipped Enyo as goddess of destructive warfare and the sacking of cities. The Romans identified her with Bellona, whose frenzied priests slashed their own arms in ecstatic prophecy.
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